The importance of micro-habitat in the breeding of Barn Owls Tyto alba

Motti Charter; Yossi Leshem; Kobi Meyrom; Ori Peleg; Alexandre Roulin

doi:10.1080/00063657.2012.669360

The importance of micro-habitat in the breeding of Barn Owls Tyto alba

Motti Charter, Yossi Leshem, Kobi Meyrom, Ori Peleg, Alexandre Roulin

School of Environmental Sciences

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Abstract

Capsule Habitat parameters associated with 706 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) nesting boxes in Israel were analysed. Pairs bred in 259 of the boxes. The intensity of agricultural practices at nestbox sites were shown to have only a weak effect on aspects of Barn Owl breeding in this region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	368-371
Number of pages	4
Journal	Bird Study
Volume	59
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2012.669360
State	Published - 1 Aug 2012

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Funding Information:
We thank Shaul Aviel, Noam Weiss and Sameh Darahe for assistance in fieldwork; Gavin Siriwardena and Colin Shawyer for their comments on the text; and the Israel Hoopoe Foundation, Society for the Protection of Nature Israel, Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection for funding. A. Roulin was supported by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (3100AO_120517).

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Nature and Landscape Conservation

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